Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Sonos Playbar review

Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5

Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Sonos Playbar comparison chart

Overall
Bose Smart Soundbar 300
7.6
Sonos Playbar
5.5
10
5

Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Sonos Playbar review

Bose Smart Soundbar 300
vs
Sonos Playbar

It makes sense comparing Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Sonos Playbar because they both are able to give some premium features. Based on our rating, Smart Soundbar 300 has a total rating of 7.6 out of 10 versus 5.5 for Playbar. The competitors' control buttons are different: microphone, action and play/pause, volume up, volume down, respectively.

Audio features

Both soundbars have active amplification type. Soundbars have the same number of channels on 3.0. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. The Smart Soundbar 300 has a wired and wireless connection to separate subwoofer, and the Playbar - wireless. The Bose Smart Soundbar 300 got our rating of 5 out of 10, and the Sonos Playbar 7 for its audio features and specs.

Streaming services

Each of rivals supports AirPlay 2. Spotify is available on each of the soundbars.

Connectivity

These models have the ability to connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Only the Smart Soundbar 300 has Bluetooth support. Only the Smart Soundbar 300 supports HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC). The compared models do not have a USB connector. For connectivity, the Smart Soundbar 300 received a rating of 8/10 versus 3/10, respectively. App control is available in every soundbar. A built-in microphone is present only on the Smart Soundbar 300. Multi-room is only available for the Bose Smart Soundbar 300.

Multichannel surround

None of soundbars equipped with Dolby Atmos multichannel audio decoder. The soundbars do not support the surround sound technology DTS:X. For multichannel surround, each of the opponents received 4 points out of 10.

Advantages Bose Smart Soundbar 300 over Sonos Playbar

  • Amazon Music compatible
  • Bluetooth enabled
  • Audio return channel (HDMI ARC) support
  • Microphone
  • Multi-room support
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Common

Product

Bose Smart Soundbar 300
Sonos Playbar

Model

Smart Soundbar 300
Playbar

Brand

Bose
Sonos

Reviews

144
1800

General

Placement type

table-top, wall-mountable
table-top, wall-mountable

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

microphone, action
play/pause, volume up, volume down

Audio features

Built-in channels

3.0
3.0

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wired, wireless
wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay 2
AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

Pandora,Tuneln, Deezer, iHeart, SiriusXM
Pandora, Tuneln, SoundCloud

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

0
2

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/0
0/0

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
1/0

USB

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
0/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

1
0

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
has not

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

66 x 5 x 10.1/26.5 x 2.2 x 4
90 x 14 x 8.5/35.4 x 5.5 x 3.3

Weight, kg/pounds

3.6/8
5.4/11.9

Other

Release year

2020
2013
Bose Smart Soundbar 300
Sonos Playbar
Bose Smart Soundbar 300
Sonos Playbar

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  • 7.6
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  • 7.6Bose Smart Soundbar 300
  • 5.5Sonos Playbar